Machine for filling bottles.



W. DENHAM.

MACHINE FDR FILLING BOTTLES.

(Application filed Aug. 7, 1899.) (No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet l.

' No. 650,309. Patented "Mav 22, I900.

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No, 650,309. Patented May 22, I900. W. DENHAM.

MACHINE FUR FILLING BOTTLES.

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MACHINE FOR FILLING BOTTLES.

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MACHINE FOB FILLING BOTTLES.

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NrTan STATES.

-PATENT OFFICE.

"WILLIAM DENI-IAM, OF HIPPERHOLME, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR FILLING BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,309, dated. May 22, 1960.

Application filed August 7, 1899. Serial No. 726,460. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM DENHAM, a subject of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Hipperholme, in the county of York, England, have invented a certain new and useful Machine for Filling Bottles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in machines for filling bottles and like receptacles with liquids or semiliquids, the object being to provide apparatus whereby a large number of receptacles can be quickly filled or charged with a predetermined and measured quantity.

The machine consists of a vessel or tank or a series of same so shaped that the contents thereof will collect near the outlet, combined with a measuring device and means for controlling same, a platform or gauntree for supporting the receptacles to be filled, and a means for heating the containing vessel or tank when necessary.

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated a machine made in accordance with my invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine, Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view on line a of Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are views in section and elevation, respectively, of the stuffing-box fittings of the measuring vessels. Figs. 6 and 7 are views in section and elevation, respectively, of a modification of the measuring device.

The machine consists of a suitable framing A, in the upper part of which is a tank 1, the bottom of which is of W or angular shape, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the contents naturally find their way to the lowest points, where the outlets 2 are situated, or in place of a single tank shaped as shown a series of tanks having angular or like bottoms may be employed. Each outlet 2 is controlled by a tap or valve 3, the plugs of which carry or are formed in one with the handles or levers 4 thereof. Each lever is pivoted in a slotted opening 5, Fig. 1, in a .bar 5, which is provided on its under side at one end with a rack, with which engages a pinion 6 mounted on a shaft 6 carried by the end frames and controlled bya handle 6, so that the rack may be moved to and fro to operl and close the series of taps or valves. Any number of pinions 6 may be mounted on the shaft, according to the number of racks, the drawings showing two pinions and two racks, each rack controlling two series of taps;

Each tap or valve 3 communicates for discharge purposes with an open-ended glass or transparent measuring tube or vessel 7, the

lower end of which is held in a stufling-box 8, as shown in Figs. 4' andt5, where the contracted end 7 is held by the nut 7", which in turn holds the following ring '7 on a suitable packing 7 in a suitable recess in the socket position 7 To the lower side of the stuffing-box of each measuring vessel is attached a tap or valve 9, the handles or levers 9 of which valves are controlled by a rack-bar 9 operated by a pinion 9, secured on a shaft 9 carried on the end frame, said shaft being operated by a handle or lever 10 in a manner similar to the taps or valves already described.

17 are overflow-pipes in the vessel 7, by which surplus liquid, if any, is conveyed to the trough 18, from which it may be pumped back to the tank 1.

Below the last-mentioned taps or valves 9 is a platform or table 11, on which the receptacles or bottles 12 to be filled are placed, preferably in a cage or basket 12 and raised until they are close to or directly under the taps or valves 9 by means of a treadle or other suitable raising device. That shown consists of a carrying-stem 13 for the table 11,having a rack 13 and suitably carried in a guidebracket 13, said rack engaging with a pinion 13 carried on a spindle 13, supported on an upright 13 forming part of frame'A, the other end of the shaft being supported in a similar manner. The spindle 13 carries also a pinion 13 engaging with a pinion 13*, which in turn engages with a pinion 13", operated by a handle-wheel 13, these last two pinions being carried by the upright 13 By turning the hand-wheel the table may be raised or lowered.

The liquid with which the receptacles 12 are to be charged is placed in the containing vessel or tank 1, the taps or outlets 3 of which are then opened and the contents pass into the measuring vessels 7, one or more of which is or are provided with an indicator or index 14 for obtaining uniformity in the filling of the vessels 1, and the supply is, then cut ofi. The lower valves or taps 9 are now opened and the measured quantities pass into the re-' ceptacles 12 on the gauntree or platform 1l.'

The measuring vessels 7 are preferably similar in shape to the bottles or receptacles to be filled, but are set in an inverted -posi-- tion.

When bottling liquids liable to thicken or stiffen when cold, the. containing vessels ortanks 1 are kept at the requiredheat by means of a steam-pipe 15,;which is passed between each angle or W part of the vessel or tank l. When the apparatus is employed for bot-- tling beer or other liquids on which a froth is liable to collect, the outlet-pipes 16 of the containing vessel 1 pass almost to'the bottomsof the measuring vessels 7 and the latter are provided with outlet-pipes 9 which pass almost to the bottoms of the bottles or receptacles. v In order to lessenthe liability of the taps o'r valves becoming foulor corroded,.I prefer that these should be made of aluminium. I

Y The stuffing-boxes applied to the measuring vessels 7 allow of the latter being readily r so removed, cleansed, and replaced,

In the arrangement shown in Figs. 6 and 7 "the measuring vessels 7 are provided with a three-way cock 9 connected by a pipe 2 with the outlet '2 of. receptacle 1. The plug of the cock has a passage 19, communicating with a passage 20 in the cock, which com-municates-with a passage 21, entering the measuring vessel 7, and such plug has also a passage 22 straight through same, connecting} a passage 23 with a passage 24, the passage 23 communicating with the passage 21'. Thisarrangement enables the measuring vessel to be filled frombelow, which is of advantage," assta-ted, for frothing' liquids and obviates the use of the taps 3 for the outlets of vessel; 1. The taps or valves maybe operated byotherarrangements than the rack-and-pinion device which I have described.

. What I claim is- 1.- In a machine for filling liquid-recepta-o cles, the combination with a tank, of a series 01' depressions in the bottomof said tank,.

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-vessels, a valve in the upper end of each of said conduits connected to one of said outlets in said tank, means for operating said valves simultaneously, a valve at the lower end of each of said measuring vessels for controlling the flow of liquid from said measuring vessels, means for operating said valves "simultaneously, a platform adapted to contain a plurality of liquid-receptacles at spaced intervals, said intervals corresponding to the intervals of said measuring vessels,and means for elevating and lowering said platform, substantially as described.

'2. In a machine for filling liquid-:receptm cles, the combination with a tank, of aseries of depressions in the bottom of said tank, steam-pipes passing under said tank between said depressions, outlets in the bottoms of said depressions, a series of measuring vesselseachprovided'with overfl0w-exi-ts',troughs communicating with said overflow-exits, conduits leading from each of said outlets in said tank to openings in the tops of each of said measuring vessels, a valve in the upper end of each of said conduits connected to one of saidoutlets in said tank, meansfor operating said valves simultaneously, a valve at the lower end of-each of said measuring vessels, a packed connection provided with a stuffing-box between each of said valves and its corresponding measuring vessel, means for operating said valves simultaneously, a plat- }form adapted to contain a'pluralityof liquidreceptacles at spaced intervals, said-intervals corresponding to the intervals of said measuring vessels, and means for elevating and {lowering said platform, substantially as described. v

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing .7 WILLIAM DENHAM,

WVitnesses:

Q -JOHN BRIERLEY HOWARD,

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